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HUME 'JUMPS' INTO 6TH PLACE AT WORLD CUP DOWNHILL IN CHAMONIX
Hume, the ninth skier out of the start hut, appeared amazed when he crossed the finish line and looked up at the jumbo screen, which showed he had taken the lead. Hume stood smiling broadly in the leader's TV box for 20 minutes, surrounded by his teammates and other well-wishers, as his time of 1:1:57.42 held for another five racers. The Canadian was eventually ousted from top position by Austrian Mario Scheiber but that did little to diminish his enthusiasm for his first World Cup points.
“I'm so happy,” Hume said. “I got to stand in the leader box at World Championships two years ago for about a minute and a half. I got to stand there for 15-20 minutes today, it was great.”
Hume knew he had no excuses after having secured start No. 9 in training the previous day. “I was really nervous. I knew I had a perfect start number and I had all the advantages. I had the right equipment, I knew everything was working for me,” Hume said.
“I knew I was having a good run, and usually when I know I'm doing well I hold back a little bit, and I think I just did a turn really well and have a lot of speed, and I'll just hold it for the bottom.
That's what I did.”
The team's head coach, Burkhard Schaffer, was proud of Jeff's run. “It's a great day for Jeff, if you have a look at how many crashed and how many were injured, it's not an easy downhill.”
Alpine Canada Alpin is thrilled to highlight Patrick Biggs and Jeff Hume, two exceptional Canadian athletes amongst a team of so many others. Genevi